Metro News & Reviews

Transportation headlines, Wednesday, March 3

Jung Gatoona at Plus Metro didn’t like the way pedestrians access the Little Tokyo Gold Line station, believing it wasn’t as safe as it could be (some pedestrians have to cross tracks twice). So he blogged about it at Plus Metro — earning him some attention on The Source — and visited Metro headquarters to file a complaint form. And what happened? Metro officials took him seriously and have implemented some of his suggestions.

The Examiner covers the recent hearing over a proposed station for high-speed rail train in Burbank. The station requires straight tracks, thus eliminating the current site of the Burbank Metrolink station from consideration. Residents also expressed concerns about property seizures by the California High-Speed Rail Authority to widen the rail corridor in the area and trenches and aerial structures that will be required to get trains through Burbank at speeds of 160 miles per hour.

U.S. DOT’s Livability Initiative will enhance the economic and social well-being of all Americans by creating and maintaining a safe, reliable, integrated and accessible transportation network that enhances choices for transportation users, provides easy access to employment opportunities and other destinations, and promotes positive effects on the surrounding community.

Not to sound like an editor, but they could have just said “we’ll help pay for mass transit people actually will want to use.”

The rest of today’s transportation headlines, compiled by the Metro library, reside after the jump.